Will Connell Collection

Will Connell (United States, 1898-1961) began his professional photographic career in the late 1920s in California. Connell photographed California industry during a time of growth and prosperity. Will Connell's career was that of artist, teacher, technician and entrepreneur. His work was published in Allyear Club, Touring Topics (later Westways), Better Homes and Gardens, Colliers Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Country Gentlemen, Life, Successful Farming, Sunset, Time, U.S. Camera, Woman's Day, Woman's Home Companion, and Vogue. The CMP's collection is comprised of approximately 15,000 negatives made between 1926 and 1952, with the majority made in the 1930s and 1940s.